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2010: A Kick-Ass Year in Review

Well, it’s certainly been a year, hasn’t it? From new motion controllers to the return of seemingly long-dead franchises, the gaming industry has had a lot of highs as well as a few lows. So grab some cocoa, add a spl...

by Dustin Stevens

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The Oregon Trail – A Very Special Crush! Frag! Review! Flashback

Hi kids! As a special treat for our Wild West Week, I went back to my parents’ house and searched an old box of my stuff. Under some empty Surge bottles and my Darth Maul lightsaber, I found it: the first video game review I ...

by Dustin Stevens

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Everbody Gets A Pineapple Under The Sea

In a disturbing (yet not entirely surprising) bit of news, MTV Networks Asia and Gigamedia Limited (from Singapore) will be teaming up to bring us a SpongeBob SquarePants MMO: Partnering with GigaMedia on the development of a S...

by Rob Rich

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AlbinoBlackSheep Brings Us the Most Disturbing Team Fortress 2 Flash Ever

Most people would agree that Team Fortress 2 is a good game. The gameplay is fun, the writing is hilarious, and the art direction is charming. However, Andrew Kepple has sought to corrupt such a wonderful thing with his twisted...

by Aubrey Klanecky

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Former Pandemic Employees Issue Office Space-style Tribute

Last week, we posted news that Pandemic Studios, creators of Destroy All Humans, Mercenaries, and December 8th’s The Saboteur, was being shut down. EA representatives confirmed that nearly 200 people would be laid off. Th...

by Sage Knox

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Check Out This Amazing Modern Warfare 2 Speedrun

Okay, advance warning time, kids. If you haven’t finished the single player campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 yet, this video will either confuse the hell out of you or make you angry. My money’s on “...

by Rob Thomas

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Once Upon A Pixel: Katamari’s Dark Days of Rolling Death

When one speaks of Katamari Damacy, thoughts of surreal, candy-colored Japanese whimsy and infectiously catchy music generally follow. I doubt that in his wildest dreams series creator Keita Takahashi ever thought that someone ...

by Rob Thomas

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Mega64: Modern Warfare 2 is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

You all know the drill by this point. A number of high-profile video games were moved out of the holiday 2009 release window to “avoid an overcrowded market”, which we all know is really just code for “We didn...

by Rob Thomas

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L4D2 Survival Tip: Weed Whacker is a Poor Chainsaw Substitute

What is it about the British and zombies together that equal instant comedy? Who can say, really? This cute little viral clip, which landed in our mailbox today from our friends in the UK, definitely evokes a bit of the spirit ...

by Rob Thomas

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